I set up this blog because I realized that all I need to know I learned from the rock band Rush.
This blog is a place to continually post about that recurrent phenomenon.
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Sunday, November 12, 2006

Righteous America

Well, now that any citizen of the U.S. can be detained without cause, charge, or hearing, the country that the revolutionaries fought to create, and that my grandfather fought in WWII to protect, is now officially relegated to the dustbin of history.

And here's Rush, on topic as usual:

from "Witch Hunt"

The righteous riseWith burning eyesOf hatred and ill-willMadmen fed on fear and liesTo beat and burn and kill

They say there are strangers who threaten usIn our immigrants and infidelsThey say there is strangeness too dangerousIn our theaters and bookstore shelvesThat those who know what's best for usMust rise and save us from ourselves

Quick to judgeQuick to angerSlow to understandIgnorance and prejudiceAnd fear walk hand in hand...